Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Watch The Absolutely Wild Limited Drag Radial Final From The US Street Nationals
Jan 31, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The Absolutely Wild Limited Drag Radial Final From The US Street Nationals
I spent last weekend in Bradenton, Florida at Bradenton Motorsports Park announcing the 2017 US Street Nationals. This event really is interesting in because it is the culmination of what is a week...
Watch John Puckett’s Drag Week and Race Week Surviving 900hp Coyote Mercury Clean Up At No Prep!
Jan 28, 2017Brian Lohnes4
John Puckett’s Mercury Capri is one of our favorite hardcore street cars because the guy built the thing to be as reliable as an anvil and he also built it to beat the daylights out of it. A...
Watch Ziff Hudson Nearly Become The First Man To The 3s On A 275 Tire Before He Let The Fire Out
Jan 28, 2017Brian Lohnes2
We love those round numbers in drag racing. Breaking a performance barrier is always cool but never so cool as to when it is through the bottom of one time increment and into the next. There’s...
Ride On The Helmet Of Top Fuel Motorcycle Racer Ian King As He Makes A Fast Lap – Crazy!
Jan 28, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Ride On The Helmet Of Top Fuel Motorcycle Racer Ian King As He Makes A Fast Lap – Crazy!
Anything that runs on nitromethane is exceptionally cool and that’s a fact which cannot be denied. The fuel is the most intense “power adder” in the known universe and whatever...
Racing Season Needs To Hurry Up – We Need Things Like Nine-Second Diesel Trucks Again!
Jan 28, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Racing Season Needs To Hurry Up – We Need Things Like Nine-Second Diesel Trucks Again!
Is it spring yet? No…crap. At least time is on the march, because right now I’m missing the smell of PJ1 and race fuel. The strip is calling our name, and while Lohnes will be out for the...
Venomous: Sal Patel’s Dodge Viper Is Still One Of The Most Evil Snakes At The Strip!
Jan 28, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Venomous: Sal Patel’s Dodge Viper Is Still One Of The Most Evil Snakes At The Strip!
It’s well known that the Dodge Viper’s entire reason for existing was because Bob Lutz wanted to have a contemporary version of the famed Shelby/AC Cobra, and when Dodge unveiled the...
Watch This Camaro Destroy Its Own Rear Quarter Panel During A Burnout Contest
Jan 27, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Camaro Destroy Its Own Rear Quarter Panel During A Burnout Contest
I can’t say I have ever been a participant in an “official” burnout contest. I (like all of you) have done my fair share of tire killing shuttle launches but it has never been with...
Watch The Sloppy Mechanics Make 992 Horsepower To The Tires On Their Junkyard Colorado
Jan 26, 2017Chad Reynolds4
We dig the Sloppy Mechanics. Not just because they clearly know how to have fun and make power, but also because they do it their way. Instead of building things that intimidate people because they...
Best Of NHRA Wild Rides 2016 Is A Crazy Look Back At 2016 – KABOOM!
Jan 26, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Best Of NHRA Wild Rides 2016 Is A Crazy Look Back At 2016 – KABOOM!
As the days tick by, we’re getting closer and closer to the 2017 NHRA Circle K Winternationals and the NHRA is releasing some cool videos to get people pumped for the upcoming season. Recently...
Fun Video: Watch This Blown Big Block Chevy Powered Funny Car Make A Rip On The Chassis Dyno
Jan 26, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Fun Video: Watch This Blown Big Block Chevy Powered Funny Car Make A Rip On The Chassis Dyno
We love chassis dyno vidoes and we especially like them when interesting things are being run on the rollers. We have showed you Power Wheels, sand cars, and now we’re showing you a body-less...
Watch Dom Lagana Wrestle His Top Fuel Dragster To A 4.56 Quarter Mile Pass
Jan 25, 2017Brian Lohnes4
We have celebrated the successes of the Lagana family here on BangShift for a long, long time. Simply put, these guys rule. They grew up with nitro cursing through their veins with a dad who was one...
Watch This Dyno Fire Get Instantly Smothered At BluePrint Engines
Jan 24, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Dyno Fire Get Instantly Smothered At BluePrint Engines
BluePrint Engines is a massive and highly respected aftermarket outfit. The company produces many of its own components and has been growing like crazy. Because of those factors, new digs were...
Video: Here’s Why The Coffeeville Legal Street Drags Are Absolutely Awesome – We’ll Be There!
Jan 24, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Here’s Why The Coffeeville Legal Street Drags Are Absolutely Awesome – We’ll Be There!
A few days ago we told you that BangShift will be live streaming the awesome Coffeyville Legal Street Drags. We’re guessing some of you may be wondering why that is a big deal. Well, this video...
We Just Found This Amazing Footage From The 1965 NHRA Winternationals and 1985 US Nationals
Jan 24, 2017Brian Lohnes2
We have showed you video from the 1965 NHRA Winternationals before but not this one! Because it is 8mm film, there’s no sound of the roaring engines but the sights more than make up for it....